Chapter 364 The Mysterious Village

Before her death, Lady Hou repeatedly instructed the old Marquis that he must never hand over Leng Wei to Shen Tingshan.

Because Shen Tingshan is not only mediocre, but also easily influenced and will be taken advantage of by women in the future.

Therefore, although Shen Tingshan inherited the title and became the Marquis of Zhongyong, he was unaware that the Zhou family also had a Cold Guard.

When the old Marquis passed away, Shen Muyang was too young, so he had to entrust Leng Wei to Gu Zheyuan.

Zhou Chengxing and Gu Zheyuan had arranged to go to Leng Wei's place today to select people.

The mountain where Leng Wei is located is near Qinglin County.

The selection of personnel cannot be rushed; Zhou Chengxing estimates that he will need to stay on the mountain for two or three days.

When Zhou Chengxing went to the Mu family to pick up Ningbao, he had already told them about it.

When they arrived in Qinglin County, it was lunchtime, and Zhou Chengxing drove his horse directly into the county town.

Although Qinglin County is not large, its county town is quite prosperous.

Zhou Chengxing went straight to a bustling restaurant and led Ningbao inside.

He had to get going, so he sat down in an empty seat in the lobby and ordered ten signature dishes and ten large bowls of rice.

The waiter was taken aback by the amount of food and rice Zhou Chengxing had ordered.

"Sir, may I ask how many people are dining with you?"

Zhou Chengxing glanced up at the waiter.

"It's just the two of us, father and daughter. Go serve the dishes, and give us plenty of rice, we have big appetites."

The waiter nodded nervously and went to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Ningbao looked around and suddenly remembered something.

"Dad, this Qinglin County sounds familiar."

Does that sound familiar?

How could you not recognize that name? You sued the county magistrate yesterday.

Zhou Chengxing looked at his little daughter with doting eyes.

"Yesterday, Xia Ying was the magistrate of Qinglin County."

Ning Baowei was stunned for a moment.

"No wonder I feel so connected to this place; it turns out this is the territory under the jurisdiction of the heartless magistrate."

I wonder if they've finished raiding his place yet?

Have you heard about what happened to the Xia family?

Ning Bao had barely finished speaking when he heard whispers from the surrounding crowd.

"The Xia family?"

Oh, you mean the magistrate's house?

"Of course I've heard about it. Apparently, he did something wrong and got arrested."

"It seems your information is outdated. This time, Magistrate Xia's offense is not as simple as just committing a crime. I heard he's going to be beheaded."

The person speaking made a throat-slitting gesture.

"behead?

"Is it that serious? Has Magistrate Xia committed a grave offense?"

"Isn't the matter of paying for murder with one's life a serious matter?"

My second uncle's third aunt's nephew's brother-in-law works at the prefect's office. He was on leave today and went to Qinglin County on business. I just met him.

He said the prefect's mansion was quite lively yesterday. That Magistrate Xia actually plotted to seize his ex-wife's property. No, he not only stole the money but also killed her.

Moreover, the person who reported it to the authorities was a little child.

"Sigh! What do you think is the relationship between this little child and Magistrate Xia's first wife?"

"What's your relationship? Didn't she say? Are you related?"

"I don't know, she didn't say?"

I think the little baby might have been appeared in a dream by Magistrate Xia's ex-wife...

Otherwise, how could she know so much about things...?

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